Gudalur forest officials in TN install early warning system on two killer elephants
Chennai, May 31 (BPNS) Forest officials of Gudalur forest range are on high alert after two elephants- a makana and a tusker killed two people in Baram and Arattuparai forest areas on Thursday and Friday. While a 46-year-old tea shop owner was killed on Thursday by an elephant, a 40-year-old woman was killed on Friday […]
TN tribal hamlet deprived of power after Tangedco insists payment from forest dept
Chennai, May 29 (BPNS) The Erumaiparai tribal hamlet in Anamalai Tiger Reserve is deprived of power connection and people are still in the dark while night sets in the settlement. The Tamil Nadu forest department has submitted applications to the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution (Tangedco) company for providing power to the tribal hamlet. The […]
TN forest department for increasing green cover in Nilgiris
Chennai, May 25 (BPNS) Nilgiris, the hill district in Tamil Nadu is a much sought-after vacation site in the state with tourists visiting the district in large numbers from across the globe. Udhagamandalam or Ooty is a major tourist spot of Nilgiri district and the state forest department is in the process of increasing the […]
TN in process to implement plastic ban in Anamalai Tiger Reserve
Chennai, May 24 (BPNS) The forest department of Tamil Nadu is in the process to implement a ban on plastic and plastic products in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) after reports of huge plastic waste being seen along the ghat road leading to the reserved forest area. The plastic ban, according to sources in the […]
Anti Poaching Watcher’s death: TN forest department to pool money to pay compensation
Chennai, April 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department officials will pool money among themselves to pay compensation to the family of an Anti-Poaching Watcher (APW) who died while on duty. P. Ravichandran (41), an APW with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) of the forest department encountered a wild elephant along with a few colleagues […]
Meeting on March 6 on relocating residents from STR, MTR
Chennai, March 2 (BPNS) An eight-member committee will meet the residents of Thengumarahada on March 6th, 2022 to discuss the strategies adopted regarding their relocation from Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve( STR) and Madumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) The eight-member committee constituted by the Madras High Court comprises the field director of STR, who is the convenor of the committee. […]
Mixed response to night travel ban in Dhimbam ghat road in TN
Chennai, Feb 21 (IANS) There is a mixed response to the night travel ban imposed in the 22 km stretch of road from 6 pm to 6 am through the Dhimbam ghat road passing through the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode district. The Tamil Nadu government was forced to implement the ban after the […]